The Use of Narrative Features in the Stories among the EFL Students in the Context of Project-Based Learning

Sanggam Siahaan; Siska Anggita Situmeang; Basar Lolo Siahaan

doi:10.62568/jocs.v4i2.753

Authors

Sanggam Siahaan Universitas HKBP Nommensen Pematangsiantar
Siska Anggita Situmeang Universitas HKBP Nommensen Pematangsiantar https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2949-9020
Basar Lolo Siahaan Universitas HKBP Nommensen Pematangsiantar https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1778-7789

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62568/jocs.v4i2.753

Keywords:

Project-Based Learning, Linguistic Features, Narrative, EFL Students

Abstract

Telling story enables leaners to develop the 21^st century skills; however a lot of students are still difficult in writing. This study investigated 40 EFL students’ stories to communicate messages. A descriptive qualitative research method was applied to explore how they use narrative features to unfold the event sequence in their stories. The results indicated 37 or 92.5% stories with unconventional plot type and 3 or 7.5% stories with conventional plot type communicate fables and legend. The result also indicate 1024 or 64% intransitive verbs, 471 or 29.44% intransitive verbs, 74 or 4.62% verbs-be, and 31 or 1.94% inchoative verbs. The narrative feature frequency patterns applied by the students in writing their stories can be connected to the choice of the type of plot, conflict, tension, suspense, verb, and transitional signal in writing experiences, adventures, fables, and legend as stories in a classroom setting.

Author Biography

Siska Anggita Situmeang, Universitas HKBP Nommensen Pematangsiantar

Siska Anggita Situmeang is a permanent lecturer for Universitas HKBP Nommensen Pematangsiantar.

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